Japanese Ships May Call
pp. 51-52 · Read in the full issue
At Western Samoa
From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Mar. 20.
seems to be a possibility that, * in view of the increased trade be tween Japan and Western Samoa, Japan ese steamers will contemplate making Apia a port of call.
A feature of the large importations of goods which have come to hand lately, is the preponderance of Japanese stuff, more especially in drapery lines. Other lines are also affected as, for instance, canned salmon and sardines.
Miss Queenie Reymond, of Butaritari, Gilbert Islands, whose dancing has been a popular feature at the Polynesian Club gatherings in Sydney during the past year, will leave for her home in the Gilbert Islands early in May.
Mr. G. A. Loudon, President of the Papuan Planters’ Association, sailed from Sydney at the end of March by the Nieuw Zeeland for Java, where he will inspect rubber, cocoa, and coffee growing methods.